Google Mobile Now Accessible in Mainland China

According to PCWorld.com, Google's mobile services (search, maps and news) are now "mostly accessible" in mainland China. As of a week ago, such services were partially blocked on the mainland. The change may indicate tensions between the search giant and the communist country are easing, which is good news for Google.

Its ability to do that began to fall into question when several Chinese handset makers and mobile service providers decided to yank Google search capabilities from their devices. Understandably then, when it appeared last week that Chinese authorities were significantly interfering with users' access to Google's mobile services, those concerns were heightened.

Though individual service providers can still decide to block Google's mobile services, for now, at least, China's "great firewall" is not.

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